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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 8 · Chapter 22: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life
8.22.358.23.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.22.36

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Lordsince 8.22.31inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तत्र दानवदैत्यानां सङ्गात्ते भाव आसुर: ।

द‍ृष्ट्वा मदनुभावं वै सद्य: कुण्ठो विनङ्‌क्ष्यति ॥ ३६ ॥

tatra dānava-daityānāṁ

saṅgāt te bhāva āsuraḥ

dṛṣṭvā mad-anubhāvaṁ vai

sadyaḥ kuṇṭho vinaṅkṣyati

Translation

Because there you will see My supreme prowess, your materialistic ideas and anxieties that have arisen from your association with the demons and Dānavas will immediately be vanquished.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotional Association Removes Materialistic Ideas

  1. 1

    The Lord assured Bali Mahārāja of protection from the effects of bad association with the demons. Seeing the Lord’s supreme prowess would immediately vanquish his materialistic ideas and anxieties.

  2. 2

    Although Bali Mahārāja had become an exalted devotee, he was somewhat anxious because his association was not purely devotional. The Supreme Personality of Godhead assured him that his demoniac mentality would be annihilated.

  3. 3

    By the association of devotees, the demoniac mentality is vanquished. Even a demon gradually becomes a pure devotee by associating with devotees who glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • The Lord assured Bali Mahārāja of all protection, and finally the Lord assured him of protection from the effects of bad association with the demons.
  • Bali Mahārāja certainly became an exalted devotee, but he was somewhat anxious because his association was not purely devotional.
  • The Supreme Personality of Godhead therefore assured him that his demoniac mentality would be annihilated.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 8.22.36 quotesSB 3.25.25

bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ. When a demon associates with devotees engaged in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he gradually becomes a pure devotee.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Public loss and humiliation → Total surrender. An apparent external defeat conceals a devotional triumph.

Chapters 19–23 of Canto 8: Vāmana tests Bali; Bali offers everything. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 22: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The Lord then described how a nondevotee’s possession of wealth is a danger whereas a devotee’s opulence is a benediction from the Lord. Then, being pleased with Bali Mahārāja, the Supreme Lord offered His disc to protect Bali Mahārāja and promised to remain with him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.22
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tatrain that place
  2. dānava-daityānāmof the demons and the Dānavas
  3. saṅgātbecause of the association
  4. teyour
  5. bhāvaḥmentality
  6. āsuraḥdemoniac
  7. dṛṣṭvāby observing
  8. mat-anubhāvamMy superexcellent power
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 8.22

    In this verse: “devotional”, “devotee”

  • Moha · Material attachment

    The pull of ego, desire and impermanent relationships. · Theme in SB 8.22

    In this verse: “materialistic”

  • Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting

    Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 8.22

    In this verse: “glorify”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I make more room for association that encourages pure devotion rather than materialistic ideas?

Practice

Today, spend a few minutes hearing a devotee glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

The purport quotesSB 3.25.25

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 8.22's connections

Live this todayDevotional Association Removes Materialistic IdeasThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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